The Man That Turned My Mama On

C F C I wish I'd known the man a little better that turned my mama on G7 F He must have been a heck of a man cause mama was a lady don't you know C F C Mama was no prude but she was proper never wore her dress too short G7 C She didn't care if you did but she'd never taken a drink F C Grandma Kate did the best she could to see mama grew up right G7 F C So she'd be fitting one day for courting and to wear some gentleman's ring F C I wish I'd known the man a little better that turned my mama on G7 C People was always laughing and sang a right sweet song C F C I wish I'd known the man a little better that turned my mama on G7 F He must have been a heck of a man cause mama was a lady don't you know C F C I hear he came to town one day in a rusty old '49 Ford G7 C Selling ladies shoes and assorted greeting cards F C He was killer good looking and easy to like and turning all the ladies heads G7 F C But he saw mama first and Lord knows how some of them traveling men are C F C I wish I'd known the man a little better that turned my mama on G7 F He must have been a heck of a man cause mama was a lady don't you know C F C Mama seemed to forget the things that grandma Kate had always told her G7 C She ran away one night with that traveling man F C They bought gas at Reba's Truck Stop and drove to Desoto County G7 F C But he brought her home with a ring upon her hand C F C Mama's told me how the fever took him when I was barely five G7 C But I remember him pitching me up and catching me F C And I love to sit and listen to her tell me about my daddy G7 F C She says he thought the sun would surely rise and set in me C F C I wish I'd known the man a little better that turned my mama on G7 F He must have been a heck of a man cause mama was a lady don't you know